Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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A photo of the Global Hawk UAV that returned from the war zone recently under its own power . (Iraq to Edwards AFB in CA) - Not transported via C-5 or C-17..... Notice the mission paintings on the fuselage. It's actually over 250 missions.... (and I would suppose 25 air medals).
That's a long way for a remotely-piloted aircraft. Think of the technology (and the required quality of the data link to fly it remotely). Not only that, but the pilot controlled it from a nice warm control panel at Edwards AFB.
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That's a long way for a remotely-piloted aircraft. Think of the technology (and the required quality of the data link to fly it remotely). Not only that, but the pilot controlled it from a nice warm control panel at Edwards AFB.
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